# Dwayne

Dwayne or Dewayne is a traditionally male name, variant of Duane. It is Gaelic in origin, deriving from the Irish saint Dubhán.

## History

St. Dubhán was an Irish monk who established an abbey in Hook Head, Ireland during the 5th century. As a surname it is O'Dubhain, or Dubhan. Dubhain was a popular given name in 16th century southern Ireland. Its Anglicized form is Dwayne or Duane. In Irish "dubh" means "black".

### Variant forms

* Dewayne
* Dewaine
* Dewane
* Duaine
* Duane
* Duwain
* Duwaine
* Duwayne
* Dwain
* Dwaine
* Dwane

## Given name

* Dwayne Abernathy (born 1976), American musician and record producer better known as Dem Jointz
* Dwayne Allen (born 1990), American football player
* Dwayne Alons (1946–2014), American politician
* Dwayne Ambusley (born 1980), Jamaican footballer
* Dwayne Anderson (born 1986), American basketball player
* Dwayne Anderson (American football) (born 1961), American football player
* Dwayne Andreas (1918–2016), American business executive and political donor
* Dwayne Armstrong (born 1971), American football player
* Dwayne Bacon (born 1995), American basketball player
* Dwayne Barker (born 1983), English rugby league footballer
* Dwayne Benjamin (economist) (born 1961), Canadian economist
* Dwayne Benjamin (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player
* Dwayne Blakley (born 1979), American football player
* Dwayne Bohac (born 1966), American politician
* Dwayne Bowe (born 1984), American football player
* Dwayne Bravo (born 1983), Trinidadian cricketer
* Dwayne Broyles (born 1982), American basketball player
* Dwayne Burno (1970–2013), American jazz bassist
* Dwayne Cameron (born 1981), New Zealand actor, director, and screenwriter
* Dwayne Carey-Hill, American animation director
* Dwayne Carswell (born 1972), American football player
* Dwayne Carter (born 1982), American rapper better known as Lil Wayne
* Dwayne Cowan (born 1985), English sprinter
* Dwayne Croft, American operatic baritone
* Dwayne Crompton (1946–2022), American early child professional
* Dwayne A. Day, American space historian
* Dwyane Demmin (born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago association football defender
* Dwayne De Rosario (born 1978), Canadian soccer player
* Dwayne Fields (fl. 2010–), Jamaican-British explorer and Chief Scout
* Dwayne Haskins (1997–2022), American football quarterback
* Dwayne Henry (born 1962), American baseball player
* Dwayne Hickman (1934–2022), American actor, television director, and network executive
* Dwayne Hill (born 1966), Canadian actor
* Dwayne Hixon, Montserratian politician
* Dwayne Hollis (born 1989), American football player
* Dwayne Johnson (born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler, also known as The Rock
* Dwayne Jones (disambiguation), various people
* Dwayne King (disambiguation), various people
* Dwayne McDuffie (1962–2011), American writer of comic books and television
* Dwayne Rudd (born 1976), American football player
* Dwayne Russell (born 1965), Australian rules footballer
* Dwayne Smith (born 1983), cricketer from Barbados
* Dwyane Wade (born 1982), American basketball player
* Dwayne Washington (disambiguation), various people
* Dwayne Yunker, American politician from Oregon

### Alternative spelling

* Dewayne Alexander, American football coach
* DeWayne Antonio Craddock (1978–2019), American mass shooter
* DeWayne Barrett (born 1981), Jamaican sprinter
* Dewayne Blackwell (1936–2021), American songwriter
* Dewayne Bowden (born 1982), New Zealand cricketer
* DeWayne Bruce (born 1962), American professional wrestler
* DeWayne Buice (born 1957), American baseball pitcher
* Dewayne Bunch (Kentucky politician) (1962–2012), American politician
* Dewayne Bunch (Tennessee politician) (born 1959), American politician
* DeWayne Burns (born 1972), American politician
* Dewayne Cherrington (born 1990), American football player
* Dewayne Dedmon (born 1989), American basketball player
* DeWayne Dotson (born 1971), American football player
* Dewayne Douglas (1931–2000), American football player
* Dewayne Everettsmith, Australian singer
* Dewayne Freeman (born 1955), American politician
* DeWayne Lee Harris (born 1963), American serial killer
* Dewayne Hendrix (born 1995), American football player
* Dewayne Hill (born 1950), American politician
* DeWayne Jackson (born 1990), American basketball player
* Dewayne Jefferson (born 1979), American basketball player
* DeWayne Jessie (born 1951), American actor
* Dewayne Johnson (born 1970s), American groundkeeper who won lawsuits over Monsanto (Roundup cancer case)
* DeWayne Keeter (1944–1975), American motorcycle speedway rider
* DeWayne "Dewey" King (1925–2021), American football player and coach
* DeWayne Lewis (born 1985), American football player
* DeWayne "Tiny" Lund (1929–1975), American stock car racer
* DeWayne McBride (born 2001), American football player
* DeWayne McKinney, American businessman wrongfully convicted of murder
* DeWayne McKnight (born 1954), American funk guitarist
* DeWayne Patmon (born 1979), American football player
* DeWayne Patterson (born 1984), American football player
* Dewayne Pemberton (born 1956), American politician
* Dewayne Perkins, American comedian, actor, and writer
* Dewayne E. Perry, American engineer
* Dewayne Robertson (born 1981), American football player
* DeWayne Russell (born 1994), American basketball player
* DeWayne Scales (born 1958), American basketball player
* Dewayne Staats (born 1952), American sportscaster
* DeWayne Vaughn (born 1959), American baseball pitcher
* DeWayne Walker (born 1960), American football player and coach
* Dewayne Washington (born 1972), American football player
* Dewayne White (born 1979), American football player
* Dewayne T. Williams (1949–1968), United States Marine and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient
* DeWayne Wise (born 1978), American baseball player
* DeWayne Woods (born 1975), American gospel singer-songwriter and musician
* Dwaine O. Cowan (1935–2006), American chemist
* Terry DeWayne Fair, American-Israeli basketball player
* Kenneth Dwane Bowersox, American astronaut

### Fictional characters

* President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, character portrayed by Terry Crews in the film Idiocracy
* Dwayne Forge, a character in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV
* Dwayne Sr. and Dwayne "Junior" Jr., two characters from The Ridonculous Race
* Dwayne T. Robinson, deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in the film Die Hard
* Dwayne Hoover, a character in the film Little Miss Sunshine
* Dwayne, a vampire from the film The Lost Boys
* Dwayne (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago

## Surname

* Johnathan Dwayne (born 1963), Puerto Rican musician, composer, and artist
* Sidney DeWayne (also known as Sid Johnson), songwriter, producer and personal manager